Gamer Kids | Sunkissed Collection | Michelle Stokes
Hey Hey! It’s Michelle back here today with a fun new layout share as part of our fortnightly Throwback Thursday feature. This week I dipped into my Sunkissed stash to brighten up the place, and because I was having so much fun creating my last layout for the Scraplift theme, I fell down that rabbit hole again too!
I lifted a layout of mine from quite a few years back that incorporates a beautiful heart cut file from CUT to YOU, a bunch of florals and a mixed font title. I kept all the same similar elements and just switched up the collection to show off the bright and beautiful colours within the Sunkissed Collection.
I chose to document a sweet moment of Leila and our super sweet little pup Daisy, both focused on smashing buttons while playing something on the Switch. It’s not often these days that you can find Daisy alert, awake and happy to sit still for a photo as she’s either VERY lively, or snuggled up next to someone fast asleep.
I backed the photo using the darker blue print from the ‘Bright Side‘ paper, theres a pretty pink version of the same print in the A5 paper stack too that I’ve used to back a section of the awesome heart cut file from CUT to YOU. On that note, a majority of patterns used to back the cut file can be found in the A5 paper stack. The cut file was cut out on white cardstock and once filled with pretty papers, adhered to the layout using foam tape to give a slight hint of dimension.
Under the photo I created the first of 2 large floral clusters, most of which are made using fussy cut flowers from the ‘Growing Wild‘ papers in both the 12×12 and A5 paper sizes. I added some ephemera pieces, a wood button and some accessory sticker words to finish this one off
and then up in the top right corner of the layout I added the second major cluster using the same decorative elements to compliment the first cluster. Both clusters use a mix of adhesives to create different layers of dimension within the floral goodness.. Most used would be my trusty double sided foam tape and some sticky dots.
I went back in time to find these alpha stickers in my stash as I was after something not quite as bright as the white I usually add to layouts. These are a pretty grey(ish) colour with little white polka dots all over, perfect for this kind of layout as they don’t blend in with the cut file, and don’t stand out too much to take away the focus from the photo and cut file. Released way back when, with the Free Spirit Collection. Now thats a throwback item for sure! The gold heart and ‘these’ word are the very last remnants in my pack of the awesome gold glitter words from the Sunkissed Collection. My most favourite word sticker pack by far!
Oh and I cant forget to mention the very awesome background pattern paper I used for this layout, Summer Lights, reminds me of a delicious Mocktail/ Juice creation that I enjoyed many years ago. Gives off bright summer sunset vibes too.
Well friends, thats all from me today. Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a quick journey back to enjoy the beautiful Sunkissed Collection. It truly is one of my most favourite collections of all time. I just love the bright happy colours in this collection, they make me want to make ALL the happy scrappy things!
Until Next time, Happy Scrapping
Michelle x